Run UiRobot process from Windows 10 Task Scheduler

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Yes it looks like this feature does not work anymore with the FastTrack release 2019.4.2. You can still run processes from command line but not from task scheduler. I reverted back to 2018.4 because of this.

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Hi,
I recently upgraded my test machine to 2019.4.3 CE
I tested running my unattended background test job with positive result. So far everything looks okay.
I am running it in VM under W10 Ent 2016 LTSB

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Hi, I want to confirm schedule task still running in 2020.2.0 version?

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Tested with last beta (20.3.0-beta0084) with positive result.

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Hi @J0ska,

If the system is locked. Will the robot unlock & run the process ?. This used to happen with --monitor command line argument to UiRobot.exe. This was discontinued from 2018.4 onwards.

Regards,
Nithin

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Yes. Robot is running fully unattended in background.
In CE the UiPath.Service.Host needs to be installed manually and it must be installed to run in background.
The need of robot’s credentials in Credential Manager (UiPath:user=****) remains the same.
The --monitor command line option is indeed not needed/supported.

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Hi @J0ska,

Could you please post the steps how you got it to work ? It will help a lot of them. You can create a post just like this one.

Regards,
Nithin

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Hi, thanks for the very helpful info on this and other posts!

I somehow can’t get my test robot working anymore using the Windows Scheduler. The robot should be running on MS Azure VDP.

The action I used:

Run program: C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\UiPath\app-19.10.4\UiRobot.exe
Arguments: execute --process “processname”

Any idea what’s wrong? Am I overlooking a setting on the server side?
The Scheduler says the action has started and completed but without the expected result.

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Enterprise or Community version?
Did you check EventViewer for any UiPath related errors?

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Community Edition and just checked the log which shows an error…: “System.Exception: UiPath user-mode Robot Service failed to start!”

I also just tried to run with the Robot (version 2020.2.0). And had a different response which is new to me: “A required privilege is not held by the client. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070522)”.

In general I feel it has to do with privileges.
Thanks

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In order to run robot as background job you need to install “UiPath.Service.Host.exe” service, e.g. like below.

set USERNAME=donald
set VERSION=app-20.3.0-beta0084
C:
cd C:\ProgramData\%USERNAME%\UiPath\%VERSION%

UiPath.Service.Host.exe install
UiPath.Service.Host.exe start

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Morning J0ska, seems your suggestion did work contrary what I stated before. There was one other important step which I overlooked before and that was the fact there were two version installed on my VM. Next to the 2019.10.4 also a beta-version was installed. So I de-installed all related UiPath apps and did a clean install. Seems to be working now.
As a knock-on effect I had some issues with Excel and Google and fixed them while re-installing those apps as well. Thanks for the help!

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Anyone tried to set the user as “System” in the task scheduler?

First tab page in Property → General

Change User or Group
Type “System” and check name